Question $33(2$ points$)$

Alyssa works for an engineering firm that has been hired to design and supervise the construction of a highway bridge over a major river. The bridge will be a unique design, incorporating complex designs that will likely never be duplicated. How should Alyssa deal with designing and overseeing the building of the bridge?

Question $33$ options:

She should gather a group of people with a wide range of specialized talents to work on the bridge until it is completed.

She should create a permanent team of management executives to monitor this and all projects her firm accepts.

She should build a team of reliable workers who work well together and like being around each other.

She should reward employees who have been with the company the longest with the opportunity to join the team.

Question $34(2$ points$)$

The nominal group technique involves utilizing a combination of individual and team settings to generate ideas and solutions and arrive at a good idea.

Question $34$ options:

True

False

Question $35(2$ points$)$

According to the big five personality model, people who score high on conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness tend to be better employees.

Question $35$ options:

True

False

Question $36(2$ points$)$

Jimmy and Beth have both been assigned to a team to choose how to dispose of waste. Jimmy has long believed the company should create its own waste disposal department, and Beth has long believed they should hire an outside vendor to handle it$.$ They both cut each other off in meetings, refuse to listen to each other, and have made some people on the team choose sides and feel resentment toward other members. Jimmy and Beth are on a team in the $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ stage of team development.

Question $36$ options:

norming

forming

storming

performing

Question $37(2$ points$)$

In highly cohesive teams, when members try to maintain harmony by striving toward consensus on issues without ever offering, seeking, or seriously considering alternative viewpoints and perspectives, this is

Question $37$ options:

integration.

group cohesion.

groupthink.

centralization.

Question $38(2$ points$)$

On the third day teaching at a public school, Nancy, who is used to teaching at a small private school, has become very frustrated with the larger class size and louder behavior than she is accustomed to$.$ When Kathy, the principal, comes into the room and asks how she is doing, despite wanting to pretend everything is under control, Nancy admits that she is feeling a bit frustrated and overwhelmed because she is not used to this environment. Nancy has just displayed

Question $38$ options:

perceptual ability.

spatial ability.

self$-$awareness.

other awareness.

Question $39(2$ points$)$

Amy flunked the midterm and tells everyone it is the teacher's fault. She did not study because she knew it would just be a waste of time. After all, she knew the "teacher had it in for her." Amy demonstrates a$($n$)$

Question $39$ options:

external locus of control.

high level of extraversion.

low level of neuroticism.

internal locus of control.

Question $40(2$ points$)$

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates general cognitive ability?

Question $40$ options:

Alice scored well above average on the verbal, quantitative, and reasoning segments of a test.

Rylee does great in math, but she has difficulty reading and writing.

Jen scores poorly on a test because her parents yelled at her the previous night.

Sharon has the ability to sense when other people are beginning to become frustrated before they realize it$.$